Back in January, just after Lionel Hollins and Billy King were dispatched and before Sean Marks and Kenny Atkinson were hired, a writer for Hoopshype had a proposal to accerlate the Nets return to contention. It was NOT what Mikhail Prokhorov had proposed (and has since abandoned) parlaying the arrival of "one, two superstars" and "a lot of luck" into "championship contention" next season.
Instead, the strategy, by Mika Honkasalo of Hoopshype offered a different perspective on the Nets misery. He agreed with the Nets strategy of going for free agents over blowing it up .